Hudson's Last Northwest Passage Expedition

Timeline

1. 1610Hudson Strait · Hudson StraitHudson received sponsorship from English merchants and the East India and Virginia companies, and sailed Discovery from London with about twenty-three crew (including his son John). The fleet passed through the turbulent waterway later called Hudson Strait, first sending European ships into the broad inland sea inside the North American continent.
2. c. 1610–1611Southern end of James Bay · James BayAfter entering the broad inland sea, Hudson sailed south to James Bay and surveyed back and forth within it. In September he interrogated first mate Juet on suspicion of mutiny and replaced him with Robert Bylot. The fleet wintered at the southern end with only one death, but supplies ran tight and command disputes intensified, foreshadowing the following year's mutiny.
3. 1611James Bay · James BayAfter the thaw, Hudson wished to continue westward seeking the passage, while some crew demanded an immediate return to England. On the morning of June 22, Henry Greene, Robert Juet, Bylot, and others seized the ship, driving Hudson, his son John, and seven companions including John King into a shallop to drift. They were never seen by Europeans again.
4. 1611Offshore of Ireland's south coast · IrelandOn the return voyage five mutineers died: Greene and others were killed in a clash with Inuit at Digges Island, and Juet starved to death. Of the original twenty-three crew, only eight returned to Britain. Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait were thereafter named for him, and the voyage directly prompted subsequent Northwest Passage voyages by Baffin, Bylot, and others.